DANVILLE - Northumberland County Judge William H. Wiest, who suffered an infection Monday morning at Northumberland County Courthouse in Sunbury and had to be transported by ambulance to Geisinger Medical Center, was listed in serious condition Tuesday night, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
The veteran judge, who fell ill shortly after 10 a.m., was escorted in a wheelchair from the second floor in an elevator to the sheriff's office on the first floor. He was then taken through a side exit in the sheriff's office to an awaiting ambulance, which transported him to Geisinger.
Northumberland County Deputy Court Administrator Kevin O'Hearn said Wiest will be out of work the rest of the week. He said the vast majority of the judge's cases have been continued.